Commercial

NACFB Commercial Finance Expo to expand for 2017

The NACFB's Commercial Finance Expo (CFE) will to a larger venue at the NEC...

FSE London seminar programme revealed

The full seminar programme for Financial Services Expo (FSE) London has been announced. FSE London...

Brokers more cautious than before EU vote

38% of brokers surveyed by Shawbrook Bank feel fairly confident about their business growth...

Ultimate Finance funds recruitment agency expansion

Ultimate Finance has provided a £425,000 funding arrangement to Edgar Stewart. The Edinburgh-based recruitment specialist...

Aldermore to stop bridging lending

Aldermore has announced that it is withdrawing from the bridging loan market. In a message...

Investec appoints head of SME funding subsidiary

Investec Asset Finance Group has announce the appointment of Paul Cunningham as head of Quantum Funding. He joins...

Fall in value of UK commercial real estate

MSCI has reported a negative total return and capital value decline in UK property...

Investor confidence in lending environment unchanged

While there is uncertainty around the property market post-Brexit, investor confidence in the lending...

Brexit uncertainty not denting SME confidence

The National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB) has reported a large rise in...

Local events “more popular” than national Expos

Complete FS has claimed that smaller regional expos are more popular among brokers than larger national...

New loan grading system at P2P lender

Peer to peer lender ThinCats has introduced a new two-tiered grading system for all loans on...

Asset finance growth at Aldermore

Aldermore has reported growth in its asset finance business over the first six months...

Commercial brokers remain firm on Brexit

92% of brokers working in the fields of asset, bridging and development finance would...

Recovery in Central London office space leasing

The amount of Central London office space leased by businesses recovered from a pre-referendum drop to...
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COMMENT

networks

Network recruitment called. The 1970s want their strategy back

I spend a lot of my time looking at growth. What does it cost? Is it sustainable? And are we creating value, or just...

Bank Rate holds again, but November is now firmly in focus

There may well have been a collective sigh of relief across the mortgage market when the Bank of England announced another Bank Base Rate...

Buy-to-let at 30: the mortgage that changed Britain’s housing market

John Heron helped create buy-to-let when landlords had almost nowhere to turn for finance. Thirty years later, he and Paragon Bank's Louisa Sedgwick reflect...

Harpenden’s expat move could be bigger than the numbers suggest

Harpenden Building Society’s move into expat mortgages this summer has been good news for brokers and borrowers. But I think its importance goes beyond...

We need to wait to get a clearer picture

It's been a week where the political and economic backdrop has moved almost as fast as rates themselves, and it's worth taking stock of...

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Buy-to-let

ModaMortgages cuts rates with limited edition buy-to-let range

ModaMortgages has launched a limited edition buy-to-let range with rates reduced by up to...
News

First-time buyers face confidence gap as unexpected costs and delays mount

Nine in 10 first-time buyers believe they understand the home-buying process before starting, but...
Appointments

Family BS hires Paul Ormonde for Central London broker role

Family Building Society has appointed Paul Ormonde as a business development manager covering Central...
funding

LendInvest raises £300m through latest Mortimer securitisation

LendInvest has completed its eighth Mortimer residential mortgage-backed securitisation, securing £300 million of funding...

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